Michael W. Pollard first joined Dartmouth in
1993, working as a seasonal employee on the golf course of the Hanover Country
Club. He left to work at the Quechee Club in Quechee, Vt. where they sent him
to the University of Massachusetts Stockbridge for turf school. Pollard then
took a job as Head Superintendent of the Carter Golf Club in neighboring Lebanon,
N.H.

He returned to Hanover in 2001 as the Associate
Superintendent, overseeing the renovation of the irrigation system as the golf
course was being rebuilt. Pollard was promoted to Head Superintendent in July
2009.